flat glass products & float manufacture2007
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Slides from my lecture given to 2nd year students in Architecture at the University of Sheffield UK in 2007TRANSCRIPT
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GlassGlass
Flat Glass Products andFlat Glass Products and
Float Glass Manufacture Float Glass Manufacture
Sept 2007Sept 2007
Rick MitsonRick Mitson
Advanced Programme Manager –Pilkington Advanced Programme Manager –Pilkington
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Melting furnace
Float bath
Cooling lehr
Continuous ribbon of glass Cross
cutters
Large plate lift-off devices
Small plate lift-off devices
Raw material feed
Float Glass Process
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What is a ‘glass’ ?• ‘A supercooled liquid’ - network of silica
molecules is modified by the introduction of larger metal atoms
• (eg. Sodium, calcium, boron, lead...).• Most common form - • Soda Lime Silica • addition of other metals change the
properties
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Soda Lime Silica• Raw materials :• Silica sand - SiO2 - low impurities, small particle size• Soda Ash - Na2 CO3 - natural and synthetic grades• Dolomite - Ca Mg CO3 - mined & crushed • Limestone - Ca CO3 - mined & crushed• Minor ingredients - Salt cake Na2 SO4, Aluminium, Carbon, Iron,
Cobalt, …..
SiO2 + Na2CO3 +Ca CO3 ----> 1500 deg C
(Na20)(SiO2)(CaO) + 3 CO 2
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Flat Glass Products
• 1. Basic - Sheet glass , Float glass, Rolled glass• Visual appearance - colour, reflection, pattern.• 2.Safety glass - Laminated - plastic interlayer
- Toughened - pre-stressed surfaces
• 3. Fire-resistant glass - eg. wired, special laminates. • 4. Energy control - eg. low emissivity glass coatings,
tinted glass.
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Basic glass - Clear Float
• Thickness• 4mm 6mm 10mm• Light Transmittance 90 % 88 % 87% • Solar Energy Transmittance 85 % 82 % 78%• Light Reflectance 8 % 8 % 8 %• Heat - ‘U’ value W/m2 5.8 5.7 5.6
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Basic Glass - Tinted Float
• 4mm thickness Light Arctic• Clear Green Blue• Light Transmittance 90 % 80% 64%• Solar Energy Transmittance 85 % 66% 60%• Light Reflectance 8 % 7% 6%• Heat - ‘U’ value W/m2 5.8 5.8 5.8
• Dark Green, Grey and Bronze similar light transmittance to Arctic Blue.
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• Wired glass• On exposure to fire: glass breaks, but held in place by integral wire
mesh
• Example: Pilkington Pyroshield Safety•• EN references: EN 572-1 (Definitions etc.), -3 (Polished wired), -6
(Wired patterned), -8 (Supplied and final cut sizes), -9 (Evaluation of conformity)
Fire resistant glassFire resistant glass
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• Special intumescent laminated glass• On exposure to fire: layers crack but are held together by the
inorganic intumescent interlayer, which is chemically compatible with glass and bonds glass layers together
• Examples: Pilkington Pyrostop, Glaverbel Pyrobel•• EN references: EN ISO 12543 series (Laminated glass), prEN 14449
(Evaluation of conformity)
Fire resistant glassFire resistant glass
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Low Emissivity Coated GlassPilkington Optitherm™ SN is an off-line coated glass for use in insulating glass units and can be combined with other types of Pilkington glass.
Pilkington Optitherm™ SN consists of Pilkington Optifloat™ which is provided with a coating on one side. Moreover it is available as laminated Pilkington Optilam Therm™ and toughened.
Emissivity of double glazing with low emissivity glass is now below 1.8 W/ sq.m
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Self Cleaning GlassPilkington Activ™ - same as conventional glass but with a specially developed coating on the outside. Once exposed to daylight, the coating chemically reacts in two ways.
Breaking down organic dirtUsing a "photocatalytic" process, the coating reacts with ultra-violet rays present in natural daylight to break down and disintegrate organic dirt.
Washing dirt awayThe second part of the process happens when rainwater hits the glass. The coating is "hydrophilic" which means that instead of forming droplets, the water spreads evenly over the surface and as it runs off takes the dirt with it. Compared with conventional glass, the water also dries off very quickly without leaving unsightly "drying spots".
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How is it made ?• Basic , Clear & Tinted - Float glass process.
• Coated - On-line in float bath or off-line.
• Laminated - High pressure & temp. in autoclave
• Toughened - Heated with blasts of air in an oven
• Wired & Patterned - Glass formed between rollers
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Basic Float Costs - 2003 UK delivered• Raw materials 25 %• Processing materials 4 %• Process labour 13 %• Energy 13 %• Packaging etc. 6 %• Overheads & admin 9 %• Depreciation 13 %• Marketing, R&D etc. 7 %• Transport 10 %
• Costs £ 300 to 500 per tonne - depending on product
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Melting furnace
Float bath
Cooling lehr
Continuous ribbon of glass Cross
cutters
Large plate lift-off devices
Small plate lift-off devices
Raw material feed
Float Glass Process
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Spain - Sagunto started up Feb. 2000
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France Float Glass Plant France Float Glass Plant started-up November 2001started-up November 2001
Batch Plant, Feed conveyor,
Furnace building and chimney
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Furnace cross-section
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Raw Material Feed to Furnace
Mixed raw material is continuously pushed under the front wall of the furnace
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Gas firing into furnace
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Furnace cross-section
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Melting furnace
Float bath
Cooling lehr
Continuous ribbon of glass Cross
cutters
Large plate lift-off devices
Small plate lift-off devices
Raw material feed
Float Glass Process
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The Float Bath
• A bath is typically 60m long and 7m wide • The tin is about 60mm deep• Glass enters bath at ~ 1100°C• Glass leaves bath as a continuous ribbon at ~600°C• Controlled atmosphere above the glass / tin
Tin
Glass Ribbon
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Flow Over Spout
• Glass flow into bath controlled by tweel height
• Most of glass flow off spout goes downstream, a few percent flows upstream into ‘wetback’
• Glass in the wetback then flows out to the edges of the ribbon
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Glass Equilibrium Thickness
At equilibrium all the forces balance
Forces : Surface TensionHydrostatic (Gravitational)
F = nett surface tension
g = glass density
t = tin density
h = 6.7mm
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Glass thickness control
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Thin Glass Manufacture
Top RollsTop Rolls:
•Control the speed of the ribbon
•Provide a transverse stretch to the ribbon
•Are used to make glass in thicknesses from 1mm to 8mm
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Thick Glass ManufactureTop Rolls
Fenders:
•Restrict the spread of the ribbon
•Are used to make glass in thicknesses from 8mm to 25mm
Fenders
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On-line coating in float bath
Multi-layer coatings - including Silicon, Tin, Titanium,
Optical systems to control colour in reflection
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Melting furnace
Float bath
Cooling lehr
Continuous ribbon of glass Cross
cutters
Large plate lift-off devices
Small plate lift-off devices
Raw material feed
Float Glass Process
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Cooling Lehr - Annealing Furnace
• Controlled cooling to avoid internal stress.
• Radiant and convective cooling by air
• Edges stress control by additional heating
• Distortion of polarised light shows stress levels in glass
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Glass cutting for market• Standard glass ribbon width in Europe - 3210 mm • Largest standard plate size 6000 x 3210 mm - Jumbo plate
• Other standard plates 2800 mm to 3200 mm - Lehr End Sizes
• Some float lines cut small sizes less than 3210 mm wide and less than 2800 mm long.
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Glass stacking onto pallets
Large plate stacker Pallet loaded with special grab
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Single ‘Standard endcap’
Endcaps should be to an agreed design and have been tested and approved by Group MI
Single ‘standard endcaps’ are unstable unless the height is less than 1.5 times the depth
1
10
Ground should be clean and level
This is unstable
Storage
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Safety Zones
Manning
Keep clear of the danger zone!
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Keep clear of thedanger zone
Rememberas you lift thezone gets bigger
Manning
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Glass Transport• Western Europe - Float lines product mainly
Jumbos and LES sizes. • Economic transport distance 200km to 600km. • Processing plants located closer to final customers.
• UK Float lines: 3 Pilkington, St.Helens, Lancashire
• 1 St.Gobain, Eggborough, Yorks.• 1 Guardian, Hull, Yorks.
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Available Capacity Demand Capacity Utilisation
Global* Flat Glass Capacity and UtilisationGlobal* Flat Glass Capacity and Utilisation
* Worldwide including China
Global utilisation continues to tighten
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Melting furnace
Float bath
Cooling lehr
Continuous ribbon of glass Cross
cutters
Large plate lift-off devices
Small plate lift-off devices
Raw material feed
Float Glass Process
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Glass ReferencesGlass References
www.pilkington.comwww.pilkington.com
Pilkington Technical Advisory Service
Groupement Europeen des Producteurs de Verre Plat - Groupement Europeen des Producteurs de Verre Plat - [email protected]@gepvp.be